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No. 521,428. Patente d June 12, 1894.

e Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and' 'NITED STATES PATENT'OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. BARR, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO J. HENRYHAGGERTY, OF NEW YORK, N Y.

WRENCH;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,428, dated 3' une12, 1894. Application filed February 27, 1894. Serial No. 5011560. (Nomodel.)

To MZ whom it may camera.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM O. BARR, of

State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inWrenches; and I do hereby declare .the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the inve1 tion, such as will enable othersskilied in the 'being constantly in engagement with said art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and improved wrench and has for itsobject the pro-' duction of a simple and durable and inexpensive wrenchfor readily and easily screwing and unscrewing nuts with the expenditureof but a minimum amount of' time and labor.

The invention consists of a wrench having its handle forked orspaced-apart at one end and provided with two nut-receiving sockets anda ratchet-wheel, a spring-pressed pawl ratchet wheel. e i y The invention also comprises the peculiar Construction, combination andarrangement of' parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forthand'particularly pointed out in the claim. l v V p In the accompanyingdrawihgs2-Figu're 1 is a plan view., Fi'g. 2 is aview in side elevation.Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 00-00, Fig.`1.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the wrench as anfentirety; and athe handle thereof, which is composed of two corresponding parts orsections' united together by rivets a' and having inner flat surfacesand flanges or ridges on their outer surfaces,`said parts .or sections'in cross-section being conjointly of approximately I-shape: This handletapers slightly or gradually' from one end to the other,

. and' from a point near its widened end said' parts or sections aredistended or bent apart to form a fork and an intermediate space orchamber a wherein is located a block 00 secured in place by'headedrivets aj B, 13,' designate two nut-receiving sockets extendingoutwardly from either side of the forked end of the handle and having acylindrical connecting portionb passed through coincident openings inthe handle-sections. To this cylindrical portion b is Secured; or it maybe formed integral therewith, a ;atchet wheel O, which fits snug withinthe space or ohamber a With this ratchet-wheel engages a pawl D havingits' rounded end d fitted in a corresponding socket in block a A flatspring-'plate d' Secured at one end to block a by screws d bears againstthis pawl and serves to hold the same constantly in engagement with theratchet wheel. 6o

The operation and advantages of ny iu` vention are apparent to thoseskilled in the art,-and it will be specially observed that by means ofmy wrench a firm leverage' is obtained, whei'eby a nut can be readilyand 6-5' easily operated upon and by reversing the wrench the nut can bemoved in either direction.

- A wrench constructed as heroin-described is extremely simple 'andinexpensive. By 7o forming' the handle in two corresponding parts orsections the manufacture of the wrench is greatly simplified and theexpense materially redu'ced.

- I claim as my invention- The herein-describedimproved wrench consisting of the handle formed in two corre sponding parts or sectionsunited together and distended at one end and having coincident holes oropenings, a block held between 'said S o parts or sections having asocket, apawl fitted in 'said socket, a? spring secured to said blockbearing against said pawl, mit-receivingsockets having a cylindricalconnecting portion extended through said holes or openings, and theratchet wheel on said cylindrical portion, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I- have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscrib ing witnesses. ,i WM. Ci BARR.

Witnesses:

` JAMES SMELLIE WM. H. SEEBECK.

